stablyai-agent-slack

agent-slack

Slack automation CLI for AI agents (TypeScript + Bun).

Guiding principle:

• Token-efficient — (compact JSON, minimal duplication, and empty/null fields pruned) so LLMs can consume results cheaply.
• Zero-config auth — Auth just works if you have Slack Desktop (with fallbacks available). No Python dependency.
• Human-in-the-loop — When appropriate (not in CI environments), loop humans in. Ex: message draft

Getting started

Install via Bun (recommended):

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stablyai/agent-slack/main/install.sh | sh

OR npm global install (requires Node >= 22.5):

npm i -g agent-slack

OR run via Nix flake:

nix run github:stablyai/agent-slack

At a glance

• Read: fetch a message, browse channel history, list full threads
• Search: messages + files (with filters)
• Artifacts: auto-download snippets/images/files to local paths for agents
• Write: reply, edit/delete messages, add reactions (bullet lists auto-render as native Slack rich text)
• Channels: list conversations, create channels, and invite users by id/handle/email
• Canvas: fetch Slack canvases as Markdown

Agent skill

This repo ships an agent skill at skills/agent-slack/ compatible with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, etc

Install via skills.sh (recommended):

npx skills add stablyai/agent-slack

bash ./scripts/install-skill.sh

Command map (high level)

agent-slack
├── update                         # self-update (detects npm/bun/binary)
├── auth
│   ├── whoami
│   ├── test
│   ├── import-desktop
│   ├── import-chrome
│   ├── import-firefox
│   └── parse-curl
├── message
│   ├── get   <target>             # fetch 1 message (+ thread meta )
│   ├── list  <target>             # fetch thread or recent channel messages
│   ├── send  <target> <text>      # send / reply (supports --attach)
│   ├── draft <target> [text]      # open Slack-like editor in browser
│   ├── edit  <target> <text>      # edit a message
│   ├── delete <target>            # delete a message
│   └── react
│       ├── add    <target> <emoji>
│       └── remove <target> <emoji>
├── channel
│   ├── list                        # list conversations (user-scoped or all)
│   ├── new                         # create channel
│   └── invite                      # invite users to channel
├── user
│   ├── list
│   └── get <user>
├── search
│   ├── all      <query>           # messages + files
│   ├── messages <query>
│   └── files    <query>
├── workflow
│   ├── list    <channel>          # workflows bookmarked in a channel
│   ├── preview <trigger-id>       # trigger metadata (no side effects)
│   ├── get     <id>               # workflow definition + form fields
│   └── run     <trigger-id>       # trip a workflow trigger
└── canvas
    └── get <canvas-url-or-id>     # canvas → markdown

Notes:

• Output is always JSON and aggressively pruned (null/empty fields removed).
• Attached files are auto-downloaded and returned as absolute local paths.

Authentication (no fancy setup)

On macOS and Windows, authentication happens automatically:

• Default: reads Slack Desktop local data (no need to quit Slack)
• Fallbacks: if that fails, tries Chrome/Firefox extraction (macOS)

You can also run manual imports:

agent-slack auth whoami
agent-slack auth import-desktop
agent-slack auth import-chrome
agent-slack auth import-firefox
agent-slack auth test

Alternatively, set env vars:

export SLACK_TOKEN="xoxc-..."      # browser token
export SLACK_COOKIE_D="xoxd-..."   # cookie d
agent-slack auth test

Or use a standard Slack token (xoxb/xoxp):

export SLACK_TOKEN="xoxb-..."
agent-slack auth test

Targets: URL or channel

message get / message list accept either a Slack message URL or a channel reference:

• URL: https://workspace.slack.com/archives/<channel>/p<digits>[?thread_ts=...]
• Channel: #general (or bare general) or a channel ID like C0123...

In practice:

# Get a single message by channel + ts
agent-slack message get "#general" --ts "1770165109.628379"

# List a full thread by channel + thread root ts
agent-slack message list "#general" --thread-ts "1770165109.000001"

If you have multiple workspaces configured and you use a channel name (#channel / channel), you must pass --workspace (or set SLACK_WORKSPACE_URL). --workspace accepts a full URL or a unique substring selector:

agent-slack message get "#general" --workspace "https://stablygroup.slack.com" --ts "1770165109.628379"
agent-slack message get "#general" --workspace "stablygroup" --ts "1770165109.628379"

Examples